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Trailer Frame Crack !! – Let’s Fix It

February 11, 2023 by Mechanic
Ouch, Cracked Frame

This is a Customer Story about a crack in a trailer frame.  Finding these can be really scary, but finding them at this stage is a whole lot better than finding them after a catastrophic failure.

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Categories Customer Stories, Solutions! Tags Customer Story, Repair, Safety, Solutions!, Steel, Tandem Leave a comment

Customer Story – Teardrop Camper Build

January 13, 2023 by Mechanic
Building a Teardrop Camper

We see them around, on the highway heading for a weekend away.  They always look so cool and just beg you to find your own adventure.  Just a cute little teardrop camper set to take someone for a great vacation.

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Camper, Customer Story, Customize, DIY, Teardrop, Trailer, Welding 1 Comment

Trailer Suspension Mounting – Misdirection !!

October 3, 2022May 14, 2022 by Mechanic
Suspension Mounting Too Close

Shopping online is both a boon and a bust.  It’s great access to a wide variety of components, but it’s a bummer when misleading info causes extra work and frustration.  That brings us to this Customer Story of misguided

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Customer Story, Customize, Measurements, Steel, Strength, Trailer, Welding 1 Comment

Dump Trailer Plans – And Build Video

October 4, 2022March 24, 2022 by Mechanic
Build from Dump Trailer Plans

Need Plans to build a better built Dump Trailer?  How about a 7′ x 14′ dump bed with 14,000 lbs trailer capacity.  I can tell you where to get them, and we know the plans are great, because Synthesis Engineering did them.

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From Cheap Kit to Improved Trailer

March 11, 2023July 26, 2021 by Mechanic
Harbor Freight Improvement

You’ve seen them, the inexpensive bolt-together Harbor Freight trailer kits.  While they pack a lot of function, they unfortunately are often something like a rattle trap.  (Not always, of course.)  While they have a cheap rap, they sell a lot

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Bent Tongue — Judging A Weak Trailer

February 11, 2023July 5, 2021 by Mechanic
Bent Trailer Tongue

When buying a trailer, how can we decide if it’s well built, or just cheap?  How do you know if it’s strong or weak?  While there are always tale-tale signs, we’ll use this example of a trailer with a bent tongue to illustrate.

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Categories Adventures Tags Analysis, Best Practices, Customer Story, Failure, Safety, Strength, Tongue, Trailer Leave a comment

On The Road – Rattle Traps We Call Trailers

October 28, 2021February 2, 2021 by Mechanic
A Scary Trailer Along The Road

Are you ever scared by what you see in tow rolling along down the highway?  I am often surprised at the contraptions that pass for legal.  Join me.  Let’s make a collection of photos here for a few good laughs — Scary trailers on the road.

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Categories Adventures Tags Customer Story, DIY, Safety, Stability, Trailer Leave a comment

Customer Story – A Unique Trailer Build

June 12, 2021January 16, 2021 by Mechanic
A Unique Trailer Project

There is always something to learn when looking at someone’s DIY project.  This customer story about a unique trailer build is no exception.

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Customer Story – A Trailer Rebuild

June 15, 2021December 2, 2020 by Mechanic
Trailer Conversion Customer Story

An excellent customer story about a complete trailer rebuild.  We talk about it once in awhile, and we give some advice, but this is the first customer story that is truly about doing a full rebuild and reformat.

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DIY House Crane

November 29, 2022April 27, 2020 by Mechanic
House Crane Winch End

A reader submission showing creativity in his lifting Solutions!  A big  Thank You to “A Treehouse Dweller” for this story about building a house crane to access his tall home.  Of course, this is pretty cool in my opinion.

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Categories Customer Stories, Solutions! Tags Customer Story, DIY, Gantry Crane, Solutions! Leave a comment

Converting A Trailer

June 16, 2021February 24, 2020 by Mechanic
Converting a Trailer

The concept of re-purposing or converting a trailer is absolutely awesome.  My hat’s off to anyone who can find a way to reuse and convert something from end-of-life to new-again.  We need more of that in our world!

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Categories Customer Stories Tags Axle, Best Practices, Calculation, Customer Story, Stability, Trailer 1 Comment

Air Tools Lost & Found

July 20, 2021September 1, 2018 by Mechanic
Solution! for Air Tools

A simple Solutions! reader submission for easy access and organization of his common Air Tools.  Simple enough to build in an hour, and great enough to keep  . . .  forever.  Try this.

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Categories Customer Stories, Solutions! Tags Customer Story, DIY, Solutions!, Tools Leave a comment
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